Publication Policy
The first evaluation of the studies submitted to the journal is reviewed by the editor in terms of compliance with the subject and journal principles. The editorial board secretary makes technical preliminary evaluations by checking the compliance of the article in line with the writing rules and publication principles of the journal. If the study is suitable for the journal, it is directed to the field editor. The field editor evaluates the studies in terms of compliance with the journal criteria, language and scientific quality, and notifies the editor of any necessary corrections. After the corrections are completed, the referee process of the study begins. Referees have the right to give corrections more than once and to see again after correction. The referee decisions and the final version of the study are notified to the editor, and the editorial board decides whether the article will be published or not according to the evaluations of the referees. Blind refereeing system is applied in our journal.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
Bodrum Journal of Art and Design applies scientific publication ethics to the highest standards and considers the recommendations and guidelines developed by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). Manuscripts submitted to the journal go through a double-blind peer-review process by being reviewed by an editor and at least two reviewers. Article submitted for publication should not be published elsewhere or waiting in line for publication.

Author’s Responsibilities
Authors should provide an accurate description of the work done and an objective discussion of its significance. An article should contain the necessary details and references to allow citation.
Authors should ensure that the submitted work is original, and if authors have used other works, it should be properly cited. All sources used in the study should be specified. Plagiarism constitutes any unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
Authors may be required to provide raw data in connection with an article for editorial review, and data must be stored for a reasonable period of time after publication.
The submitted article should not be published elsewhere or waiting in line for publication. Submitting the same study to more than one journal at the same time is considered unethical behavior.
Authorship should be limited to those who have made significant contributions to the work. All contributors must be listed as co-authors. The corresponding author ensures that all contributing authors are included in the author list.
All manuscripts must contain a statement explaining financial or other financial conflicts of interest that could be interpreted to affect their results or interpretation. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Reviewer’s Responsibilities
The reviewers assist the editor and the editorial board in the evaluation process, editorial decisions.
Any selected reviewer who is not qualified to review the research or is written in a paper or knows that immediate review will be impossible should notify the editor and not be involved in the review process.
Reviewers should keep the information or ideas obtained in the evaluation confidential.
Reviewers should not have any conflict of interest. Unpublished material described in a submitted article may not be used in reviewers' research.
The reviewers evaluate the articles irrespective of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship or political philosophies. Evaluations should be done objectively. Referees should express their opinions with supporting documents.
Reviewers should identify cases where the published work cited in the article is not cited in the reference section. It is obliged to report any significant similarity or overlap with previously published articles.

Editor Responsibilities
Editor's responsibility is to decide which articles will be published in the journal. The editor evaluates the articles irrespective of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, citizenship or political philosophies. The decision to be taken should be based on the accuracy, validity and importance of the article and the appropriateness of the scope of the journal. Current legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism should also be considered.
Editors ensure that all information about the submitted manuscript is kept confidential until it is published. Authors should not allow any conflict of interest or competition between editors and reviewers.
Unpublished material described in a submitted article may not be used in editors' research.

Open Access Policy
Bodrum Journal of Art and Design has adopted the publishing standards and policy set by DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) and it is an Open Access Journal. Open Access (OA) provides freely access the articles that published in the journal.
The definiton of "Open Access" according to Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) which is: "it is free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself."

Copyright Policy
The author/authors are deemed to have accepted to transfer the publication and copyright of their articles to our journal and not to request any fees. Copyright Agreement Form should be sent by the corresponding author. All published articles are open to everyone on the condition that the journal and authors are referenced.

Plagiarism Scan
All articles submitted for publication are scanned with iThenticate (Plagiarism Detection Software). More than 20% is not accepted for publication.

Research and Publication Ethics
For studies conducted since 2020, ethics committee approval should be obtained for studies that require ethics committee approval, and this approval should be stated and documented in the article. In studies that require ethics committee permission, information about the permission (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section and also on the first/last pages of the article. Studies that require the approval of the Ethics Committee are as follows:
All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from the participants by using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, interview techniques.
The use of humans and animals (including material/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
Clinical studies on humans,
Research on animals,
Retrospective studies in accordance with the personal data protection law.